Once upon a time, there were three young mares who went to the Guard academy. And they were each assigned very… hazardous… duties. But I took them away from all that, and now they work for me. My name is Blueblood.

Bon Bon, anxious after the Bug Bear came to Ponyville, she speaks with Celestia. What she finds out shocks her. Her clone made in case she needed replacing is still alive. Not only that but she lives in Ponyville!

Octavia has finally been promoted to first chair, unfortunately for her, that chair is in the new (and as of yet unformed) Royal Ponyville Orchestra. Can Octavia lead the new orchestra to greatness? Probably not.

So absolutely, wonderfully Woodehousian! Given the general matriarchal air of the show, the formidable aunts are very appropriate. (What else are the Princesses but formidable aunts to all of ponydom?)

Well, I think, henceforth, in my head, Lyra is irrevocably and irreversibly British. I must admit I'm also impressed by the illustrations, not many authors supply them in stories and it adds a certain something to it. I especially like how the 'header' image for the story is based off the TV Show's opening titles!

Your style of writing here is doing an excellent job of mimicking Wodehouse's own, and I think it's a crying shame this has received such a poor rating right off the bat. Honestly, you ought to send this in to Equestria Daily, post-haste. If they accept my scribblings they'll certainly take this.

See, after reading it, I can't even type a comment without descending into that style of typing. I suppose this might come off as 'gushy', and I hear some authors are not particularly pleased to receive such comments, but honestly I can't find anything to improve. Jolly good show, old bean, what?

20341 Thank you kindly! Ah, if only I had the talent to use the voices from a J&W clips and animate a little sketch of them as ponies, like that one Dr. Whooves sketch on YouTube . . . *dreams* Sadly, my talents don't run along those lines.

In all seriousness, I do thank you for your feedback! It is very cheering to hear that I "got" the tone of the show / books. (Especially since I almost never write stories in the first person.) I'm also very pleased to know that you enjoyed the illustrations. "The arting" does not come naturally (or quickly) to me, but knowing that it contributed to the tale makes the effort worth it.

I must admit that I am woefully under-read in regards to the original story that this piece is taking its jolly cue from. But dash it all if I'm not absolutely chuffed by this work! If chuffed is indeed the word I'm looking for.Will be keeping an eye on for future developments! Godspeed to you sir, and cheerio!

This is awesome! The illustrations are absolutely fantastic, they capture the feel of a Wodehouse novel and it's a shame more fanfic writers don't throw images into their works. I did a double-take when I saw the header image - it looks just like the style of the opening of the television show (and was the main reason I was pulled into reading this)! And the writing is absolutely splendid, it really captures that Wodehouse feel!

So awesome to see Lyra and Bon Bon in this! It's also rather refreshing to see a story where a homosexual relationship isn't treated with some kind of social stigma - I know other writers do it to reflect Earthly politics, but this is Equestria for crying out loud.

Still loving all those images inserted into the text! They add so much to the story!

As for Lyra and Bon Bon, well, I just could never see ponies fussing about same-sex couples. That just doesn't seem like something that would be on the pony radar one way or another. (Though I understand why other authors sometimes go that route--it's just not the path my ponies take.)

No, you can't! And this story is living proof! Can't wait to see where this goes!

Also, I officially love Birdy for telling Blueblood off for drinking (and to have a picture of it just makes it that much sweeter!). Drunk bastard royalty...that's what you get for treating Rarity like that!

38545 Indeed, they are each clueless in their own special way. Prince Blueblood is selfish and Birdy is an interesting combination of selfless and self-centered, not in the "I'm better than everyone" way that his cousin exhibits, but in the sense that he has trouble seeing beyond the boundaries of his own (very limited) experiences of life. That, of course, leads to all sorts of Interesting Problems.

Yay, more Canterlot follies! Birdy should really have a spade for a cutie mark, digging himself deeper all the time!

Bonus points for Greaves interferring with Birdy's outfit; it is very much in character for the character he is based on. You get the impression the people Jeeves care most about (i.e., his colleagues) doesn't mind him working for a complete moron, but working for someone BADLY DRESSED... the shame from them, not to mention his own conscience, it would never leave him!

And now the classic Wodehousian plot begins to rear its own capita of somewhat questionable attractiveness.

Honestly, when either watching or reading a plot where a character digs themselves deeper and deeper, generally through no fault of their own, I'm forced to cringe in utmost sympathy for them. Of course, how was Birdy to know that Lyra had neglected to inform Bon Bon of the entire façade?

50913 It's so true. Stupidity in an employer can't be helped in some cases, but a garish neck tie is simply unthinkable. I love the spade observation.

50989 Even in the land of magical talking ponies, definitely an unusual thing to come across!

54069 And he would've gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for those meddling ki--err, I mean, if Lyra had shown up before her parents had! I must admit, I both am enjoy and am horrified by seeing characters face slowly approaching yet inexorable doom. The kind that makes you shout "Don't open the door!" at the TV screen.

60625Oh, BTW, over at TV Tropes they have (among a lot of other crap) a section of recommended fanfics for different media. Horribly enough Canterlot Follies was missing, so I added it. I hope that's OK.

Um... I don't think you want to call the bookshop pony a "chippie" instead of a chappie. I mean, a "chippie" is a lady of dubious profession who doesn't receive much pay, or who simply does it for free, and I can't imagine Birdy being so impolite as to use said slang. And that's the same period's slang term for it too, which makes it worse. I assume that it was just an unfortunate typo?